linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: scsi: remove private hex_to

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Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:41:15 +0300
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: scsi: remove private hex_to_bin() implementation

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:56 PM, James Bottomley
<James.Bottomley@...e.de> wrote:
> the hex_to_bin() is really to prevent open coded mistakes.  When the
> open coding pre-dates the hex_to_bin macro, I'm inclined to leave it
> alone unless it contains an actual bug.
It's also a matter of speed/size optimization. Nevertheless SCSI
subsystem already has such clean up.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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